Summary: Singing in a social group such as a choir may help protect cognitive function and treat aphasia in older adults. source: horizon Ask anyone in the choir why they enjoy it, and they will tell you about the uplifting effects of singing on their mental health. A team of neuroscientists and clinical psychologists at … Read more
Lucy Beaumont tells how her mother was diagnosed with many disparate neurological conditions during the lockdown, but time has allowed her to see why she figured out certain things so difficult. Lucy Beaumont tells how her mother received a late diagnosis ( Photo: © Ashley Mayle) With all the talk of the Partygate report and … Read more
As a study revealed that osteoporosis in men is often overlooked by doctors, patient James Simon* waited years* to be diagnosed and had to quit his job as a police officer. James was forced to retire as a policeman due to his illness ( Photo: DAILY MIRROR) When his four-year-old asked his father about his … Read more
Ask anyone in the choir why they enjoy it, and they will tell you about the uplifting effects of singing on their mental health. A team of neuroscientists and clinical psychologists at the University of Helsinki (Finland) believe that these benefits could extend to improving brain function and treating aphasia. Professor Teppo Särkämö studies how … Read more
Ask anyone in the choir why they enjoy it, and they will tell you about the uplifting effects of singing on their mental health. A team of neuroscientists and clinical psychologists at the University of Helsinki (Finland) believe that these benefits could extend to improving brain function and treating aphasia. Professor Teppo Särkämö studies how … Read more
The exercises are always the same. When I receive news of a school shooting atrocity, my phone begins to explode with informational requests from people who want to hear news from an author Columbine. So I turn on the TV to get up to speed. Not this time, as 19 children and two teachers were … Read more
After a life-altering accident in March in Florida, and after some doctors initially predicted the worst, Laken Strouder returns home to Magnolia and loves it. Ilania Jones, Lacken’s mother, said her daughter was ready to move out of her second hospital room at Children’s Hospital Little Rock days before she could, as there were still … Read more
In March 2022, the family of actor Bruce Willis announced that he was retiring from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia. This declaration drew national attention to aphasia and its impact on people’s quality of life. Aphasia can make it difficult to speak, read, or understand others. It is estimated that approximately one million people … Read more
The new book by author Brian C. Wilson, “California Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson.” Photo: University of Massachusetts Press In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson, a poet from Concord, was lured away from his home in Massachusetts to join a group of friends and family traveling west to California. This six-week voyage came … Read more
Ask anyone in the choir why they enjoy it, and they will tell you about the uplifting effects of singing on their mental health. A team of neuroscientists and clinical psychologists at the University of Helsinki (Finland) believe that these benefits could extend to improving brain function and treating aphasia. Professor Teppo Särkämö studies how … Read more
